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The scariest day at UC Berkeley... a true student horror story 😱
#UCBerkeley #UCBerkeleyLife #Halloween #Paranormal #HappyHalloween
Video description: A UC Berkeley student experiences the ultimate midterm nightmare: oversleeping, getting lost in Dwinelle, having no “Berkeley Time,” and forgetting a calculator. He wakes up in the library unaware someone from his dream is watching from the stacks.
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Celebrate Filipino American History Month with @ucberkeleydining ! 🇵🇭✨
Dining was serving up lumpia, chicken inasal, ube milk tea and other tasty Filipino dishes! There was dancing, singing, and tons of memories made! Big thanks to ASUC Senator Gabby’s office @asucsenatorgabby for bringing the community together 🐻💙
#FAHM #UCBerkeley #Berkeley #UCBerkeleyLife #BayArea
Video description: A fast-paced recap of UC Berkeley’s Filipino American History Month celebration at Crossroads Dining Hall, featuring dishes like chicken inasal, lumpia, pancit, and ube milk tea set to “Bebot” by The Black Eyed Peas. The video captures students filling the bustling dining hall, live musical performances by student groups, and ASUC Senator Gabby highlighting the importance of Filipino cultural representation on campus before ending with a large group cheering, “Maraming salamat! Thank you and Go Bears!”
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Places that feel like the Backrooms at UC Berkeley 👀
Video description: Eerie slideshow of desolate UC Berkeley campus spaces styled like “The Backrooms” meme. Set to a slow synth soundtrack with static video effects, text labels highlight empty, dimly lit hallways, stairwells, classrooms, and library aisles across Evans Hall, Main Stacks, Social Sciences Building, and Dwinelle Hall.
#UCBerkeley #Berkeley #BackRooms #Halloween
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What’s your UC Berkeley jumpscare? Some of these are terrifying 😨
#UCBerkeley #UCBerkeleyLife #JumpScare #CollegeLife #Halloween
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Dancing through the UC Berkeley campus! 😎🔥
Stickers design by @theboogley
#UCBerkeley #UCBerkeleyLife #DancingDog #CollegeCampus #Berkeley
Video description: Animated cartoon dogs and creatures dance playfully across different iconic UC Berkeley campus locations while upbeat music plays, following a popular online video trend.
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